1905 , asahi again followed the battleship mika ##sa into combat , this time against the second and third pacific squadrons . mika ##sa opened fire at the battleship kn ##ya ##z suv ##oro ##v , the russian flagship , at 14 : 10 , and was joined by asahi and the armoured cruiser az ##uma shortly afterwards . within an hour the japanese ships had started a serious fire aboard the russian ship , badly wounded the fleet commander , vice admiral z ##ino ##vy ro ##zh ##est ##ven ##sky , knocked out her rear 12 @ - @ inch gun turret , and jammed kn ##ya ##z suv ##oro ##v ' s steering so that she fell out of formation . the russian ships were concentrating
1905, asahi again followed the battleship mikasa into combat, this time against the second and third pacific squadrons. mikasa opened fire at the battleship knyaz suvorov, the russian flagship, at 14 : 10, and was joined by asahi and the armoured cruiser azuma shortly afterwards. within an hour the japanese ships had started a serious fire aboard the russian ship, badly wounded the fleet commander, vice admiral zinovy rozhestvensky, knocked out her rear 12 @ - @ inch gun turret, and jammed knyaz suvorov's steering so that she fell out of formation. the russian ships were concentrating